Nadal loses to Rosol at Wimbledon???? - Tennisopolis : Tennis Social Network2015-03-31T22:48:53Zhttp://tennisopolis.com/forum/topics/nadal-loses-to-rosol-at-wimbledon?commentId=1869403%3AComment%3A913169&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe knee didn't scare me as m…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-07-01:1869403:Comment:9131692012-07-01T21:16:39.699ZChin Behttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/ChinBe
<p>The knee didn't scare me as much as him tumbling over to the net post.</p>
<p>The knee didn't scare me as much as him tumbling over to the net post.</p> A nasty skid that could've me…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-07-01:1869403:Comment:9129522012-07-01T16:29:43.146ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>A nasty skid that could've messed his knee up for sure.</p>
<p>A nasty skid that could've messed his knee up for sure.</p> tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-07-01:1869403:Comment:9129402012-07-01T15:27:40.631ZCraig Steinberghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CraigSteinberg
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0906/top.wimbledon.moments/images/rafael-nadal-upset.jpg" title="Rosol Takes Down Nadal" alt="Rosol Takes Down Nadal" border="0" height="450" width="662"/></p>
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0906/top.wimbledon.moments/images/rafael-nadal-upset.jpg" title="Rosol Takes Down Nadal" alt="Rosol Takes Down Nadal" border="0" height="450" width="662"/></p> The Pippa sideways glance. Is…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-30:1869403:Comment:9121672012-06-30T21:11:30.262ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>The Pippa sideways glance. Is she being judgmental of the upset?</p>
<p>The Pippa sideways glance. Is she being judgmental of the upset?</p> The Nadal press conference ru…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-30:1869403:Comment:9122552012-06-30T21:09:51.113ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>The Nadal press conference rubber face, no?</p>
<p>The Nadal press conference rubber face, no?</p> tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-30:1869403:Comment:9121622012-06-30T20:56:13.666ZCraig Steinberghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CraigSteinberg
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1206/tennis-wimbledon-2012/images/pippa-middleton.jpg" title="Pippa Middleton" alt="Pippa Middleton" border="0" height="517" width="641"/></p>
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1206/tennis-wimbledon-2012/images/pippa-middleton.jpg" title="Pippa Middleton" alt="Pippa Middleton" border="0" height="517" width="641"/></p> tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-30:1869403:Comment:9121592012-06-30T20:53:39.899ZCraig Steinberghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/CraigSteinberg
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1206/tennis-wimbledon-2012/images/rafael-nadal.jpg" title="Rafael Nadal" alt="Rafael Nadal" border="0" height="602" width="641"/></p>
<p><img src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1206/tennis-wimbledon-2012/images/rafael-nadal.jpg" title="Rafael Nadal" alt="Rafael Nadal" border="0" height="602" width="641"/></p> If we assume Nadal is still i…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-29:1869403:Comment:9115222012-06-29T20:22:33.591ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>If we assume Nadal is still in his prime, there's no comparable upset in modern tennis. This is a list of the earliest Slam losses by other great male players in their prime:</p>
<p>Roger Federer - semifinal</p>
<p>Roy Emerson -- Fourth round</p>
<p>Pete Sampras -- First round (Sampras's losses have asterisks. The first-round loss was on clay, which was never an upset for the big-hitting American. He did lose in the third round of the 1996 Australian Open while in his prime, but that was to…</p>
<p>If we assume Nadal is still in his prime, there's no comparable upset in modern tennis. This is a list of the earliest Slam losses by other great male players in their prime:</p>
<p>Roger Federer - semifinal</p>
<p>Roy Emerson -- Fourth round</p>
<p>Pete Sampras -- First round (Sampras's losses have asterisks. The first-round loss was on clay, which was never an upset for the big-hitting American. He did lose in the third round of the 1996 Australian Open while in his prime, but that was to Mark Philippoussis, who later became a top 10 player and two-time Slam finalist. If Rosol makes a similar rise, another reevaluation maybe needed.)</p>
<p>Bjorn Borg -- quarterfinal</p>
<p>Rod Laver -- fourth round</p>
<p>Nadal has them all beat. But even players who experienced less success didn't lose to No. 100 players during their top years. Jimmy Connors never did, nor did John McEnroe. Andre Agassi lost to No. 281 Doug Flach at Wimbledon in 1996, but even without knowing what Agassi was going through at the time (as we do know), nobody was ever going to compare Agassi's consistency with Nadal's.</p>
<p>The three most famous upsets in recent Grand Slam history are Sampras losing to George Bastl in the second round of Wimbledon in 2002, Lori McNeil over Steffi Graf in 1994 and Peter Doohan over Boris Becker in 1987. But Sampras was one Slam away from retirement and two years away from his last major title. It's not even in the same ballpark. Another is Lori McNeil's defeat of No. 1 Steffi Graf at Wimbledon in 1994. This is the most comparable to Rosol/Nadal since Graf was still at the height of her powers (she won six of her next seven Slams after the loss). McNeil was no slouch though. She had defeated Graf two years before at the WTA Championships and was a former Slam semifinalist at the U.S. Open in 1987 (having defeated Chris Evert to get there). Graf &gt; Nadal. But Rosol &lt;&lt;&lt; McNeil. As for Becker? Please. He was a brash young pup at the time, not an established veteran champion.</p>
<p><span>There was another upset involving Nadal that could qualify.: As good as he's been, Rafa isn't invulnerable on grass. He was on his dominant surface of clay when No. 25 Robin Soderling beat him at the 2009 French Open. We later learned that Nadal was suffering from injuries and family difficulties, while Soderling became a top-five player. Still, at the time, this was equally shocking.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/">http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/</a></p> Technically speaking, Fed's e…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-29:1869403:Comment:9117572012-06-29T20:15:05.987ZTim Praponghttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/TimPrapong
<p>Technically speaking, Fed's extreme Eastern forehand grip is better suited to low bouncing grass balls than Djoko's Western. Also, Fed has an overall better serve, slice backhand and volleys. Fed for the taking.</p>
<p>Technically speaking, Fed's extreme Eastern forehand grip is better suited to low bouncing grass balls than Djoko's Western. Also, Fed has an overall better serve, slice backhand and volleys. Fed for the taking.</p> Roger's scalp up for the taki…tag:tennisopolis.com,2012-06-29:1869403:Comment:9112492012-06-29T18:52:41.408ZChin Behttp://tennisopolis.com/profile/ChinBe
<p>Roger's scalp up for the taking</p>
<p>Roger's scalp up for the taking</p>